1. Science and Social Science teachers having a point/counter point blog with current events.
2. Language Arts teachers blogging about the authors they read.
3. Art teachers blogging about techniques or criticisms.
4. All those things you are passionate about that can't seem to fit into your classroom, but would be beneficial for others to know.
5. A weekly blog to let parents know what has been happening in your classroom.
6. Sharing ideas with colleagues about Common Core, technology, etc.
Welcome to All the Blogging Rules You Should Break!
Presenter: Andrea Ward and Shannon ChildressEdmodo Group- 3m4djy
First and foremost:
Why do you blog or want to blog? What is your goal?Also:
How long have you been blogging? Or how long have you been thinking about blogging?How does this apply to education?
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http://www.haikudeck.com/p/0afjrXsqG31. Science and Social Science teachers having a point/counter point blog with current events.
2. Language Arts teachers blogging about the authors they read.
3. Art teachers blogging about techniques or criticisms.
4. All those things you are passionate about that can't seem to fit into your classroom, but would be beneficial for others to know.
5. A weekly blog to let parents know what has been happening in your classroom.
6. Sharing ideas with colleagues about Common Core, technology, etc.
Example Blogs:
Teacher to Parent
http://childress-cheerful-characters.blogspot.com/Teacher to Teacher
http://fabulous-fourth.blogspot.com/School District
http://ipadsinschool.blogspot.com/Other Blogs:
http://frogsandcupcakes.blogspot.com/http://ateachersbagoftricks.blogspot.com/http://teachingmyfriends.blogspot.com/http://4thgradefrolics.blogspot.com/http://www.teachingblogcentral.com/http://www.clutterfreeclassroom.blogspot.com/http://tchr2tchr.blogspot.com/Helps:
The Rules
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http://www.haikudeck.com/p/ggff7oCIBb/blogging
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http://www.haikudeck.com/p/vKlbhpW3ZT/blog-views
Blogging Platforms:
1. Blogger2. WordPress
3. Live Journal
4. Google+
5. Tumblr
6. KidBlog (For safe student blogging)
Who is smarter than me about this stuff?
Bryan Allain - http://killertribes.com/ and his personal site http://bryanallain.com/
Jeff Goins - http://goinswriter.com/
Jon Acuff - http://www.jonacuff.com/blog/
Micheal Hyatt - http://michaelhyatt.com/
Helpful things to read:
http://michaelhyatt.com/031-my-advice-to-beginning-bloggers-podcast.html (For beginning bloggers)http://edudemic.com/2013/01/how-and-why-teachers-should-blog/ (How and why teachers should blog)
http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/how-your-visual-voice-helps-build-better-e-learning/ (Advice on making things look right)
http://langwitches.org/blog/2013/01/15/embedding-visuals-into-teaching-and-learning/ (Advice on making it more than a newsletter.)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p340IlUk-XcSnvdzt-fftV6hCMLTGoSNBR1yDRLr7Dc/edit?usp=sharing (A few thoughts on Blogger vs. Wordpress)
Lastly remember:
Be patient and keep writing!